Historical Events In 1920

Oct 29   Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees on this day in history.  

Oct 29   Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 30   The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney on this day in history.  

Oct 31   On this day in history dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes)  

Oct 31   On this day in history romania annexes Bessarabia  

Nov 01   Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

Nov 01   James J Kilpatrick, Okla City Okla, columnist (60 Minutes) in the year 1920.  

Nov 02   Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Nov 02   In the year 1920 fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, composer  

Nov 02   On this day in history kDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station  

Nov 02   On this day in history warren G Harding elected President  

Nov 03   "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater on this day in history.  

Nov 04   Georges Papy, Belgian mathematician (Numbers Game) in the year 1920.  

Nov 05   On this day in history douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate  

Nov 06   John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC) on this day in history.  

Nov 08   Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Nov 08   Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn on this day in history.  

Nov 10   George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House," premieres in NYC in the year 1920.  

Nov 10   Tod Andrews, NYC, actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage) on this day in history.  

Nov 11   In the year 1920 roy Jenkins, British MP (Labour)  

Nov 12   Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner in the year 1920.  

Nov 12   In the year 1920 richard Quine, Detroit MI, actor/director (Clay Pigeon)  

Nov 13   Hudson River frozen at Albany in the year 1920.  

Nov 14   American Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards in the year 1920.  

Nov 14   Johnny Desmond, Detroit Mich, singer (Your Hit Parade) in the year 1920.  

Nov 15   Ernst Toller's "Massen und Menschen," premieres in Neurenberg in the year 1920.  

Nov 15   On this day in history free City of Danzig established under League of Nations protection  

Nov 15   In the year 1920 league of Nations holds first meeting, in Geneva  

Nov 16   In the year 1920 australia's Qantas airways founded in Winton, Queensland as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited  

Nov 16   In the year 1920 betty Hicks, LPGA golfer  

Nov 16   Postage meter first used in US in lieu of postage stamps in the year 1920.  

Nov 18   On this day in history alfred William Bedford, test pilot  

Nov 18   In the year 1920 apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St NYC  

Nov 19   Ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner in the year 1920.  

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Jan 01   Elisabeth Andersen, [Anna de Bruyn], Dutch actress (Yerma, Titania) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Roger Peacock, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 02   Duke of Devonshire, English large landowner/art collector was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 02   In the year 1920 birth of isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy)  

Jan 02   Penelope Jessel, politcal activist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1920 birth of peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001)  

Jan 01   Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 in the year 1920.  

Jan 04   In the year 1920 death of benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (b. 1843)  

Jan 07   Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14   On this day in history death of john Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (b. 1864)  

Jan 16   Reginald De Koven, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1920.  

Jan 20   In the year 1920 death of georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (b. 1876)  

Jan 25   Amadeo Modigliani, Italian sculptor/painter, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

Jan 26   Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered died in the year 1920.